Casey Cuny

Casey Cuny is the 2024 California Teacher of the Year and the CEO and Founder of Whitai.app. Cuny teaches 10th grade honors English and Senior mythology and folklore at Valencia High School in Santa Clarita, California. He serves as English Department Chair and the school’s Instructional Coach. He also teaches at National University in the Masters of Education program working with teachers from all over the country, and he was recently awarded the 2025 National University Academic Excellence Delphi Award. He is also currently working with ASU’s Mary Lou Fulton School of Education as a consultant and developer for their new California Teacher Credential program. Casey’s education software—WHIT, was recently selected as a 2026 Semifinalist for the Milken-UPenn Business Competition and was also selected as a 2026 Transcend Fellow.
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In 2025, he spoke at the We Teach the Nation conference about AI and Education. In 2026, he delivered a keynote at Boston College about how AI can amplify UDL in STEAM. His passion lies in transforming classrooms through relationship-driven rigor, purposeful use of AI, and equity-focused instructional design.